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Acme United Corp. (ACU)

Results announcedQ3 FY2026quarter ended 30 September 2026, announced 27 October 2026

Revenue$58 millionup 18.2% on Q3 FY2025
Net income$3 millionup 80.5% on Q3 FY2025
Diluted EPS$0.80$0.46 a year earlier

From the company's results press release. The tables update when the 10-Q or 10-K is filed. Read the results · Read the release

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Acme United Corp. (ACU) reported revenue of $63 million for Q2 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 June 2026, up 16.1% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $5 million, up 6.3% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $1.22. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 6 August 2026.

Revenue$63 millionup 16.1%
Net income$5 millionup 6.3%
Diluted EPS$1.22
QuarterQ2 FY2026ended 30 June 2026

Acme United (ACU) in brief

Acme United (ACU) reported revenue of $197 million for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 1.1% on the year before.
Read moreNet income was $10 million and diluted earnings per share $2.49. Revenue was $194 million in fiscal 2024, $192 million in fiscal 2023, $194 million in fiscal 2022 and $182 million in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was $10 million, $18 million, $3 million and $14 million. Over the twelve months to 30 June 2026, Acme United reported revenue of $212 million and net income of $10 million. Revenue grew 3.7% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. Acme United declared $0.63 a share in dividends over the last four quarters and had 4 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 30 June 2026 it carried $23 million of debt and $5 million of cash. At the close of 30 October 2026 the market cap of Acme United was $259 million, 28.3 times its earnings over the last twelve months.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE8.1%
ROCE10.1%
Operating margin6.8%
Net margin4.6%
FCF margin7.3%
Interest cover7.85
Debt to equity0.19
Cash conversion2.66
Share count, last 12 months0.9%
Sales CAGR, 3 years0.4%
Profit CAGR, 3 years49.7%
EPS, TTM$2.38

At the close of 30 October 2026

Price$67.46
Market cap$259 million
Stock P/E28.34
Price to book2.13
EV / EBITDA12.71
Dividend yield0.9%
Market cap / sales1.22
52-week high$67.77
52-week low$35.50
Price, 1 year76.0%
Price CAGR, 3 years26.3%
Price CAGR, 5 years12.8%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on long-term debt as Acme United Corp. files it, with lease liabilities counted separately and never inside it. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
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The public record on ACU

Dividends$2.3 million paid in cash dividends in FY2025
Filings14 in twelve months: 7 current reports (8-K), about 4 results of operations; 2 material agreement; 1 termination of a material agreement; 1 new financial obligation; 1 shareholder vote
Planned insider sales5 Form 144 notices in twelve months, $2.7 million; latest 29 October 2026
Options tapeno listed options
13F holders81 funds reported a position for the quarter to 30 June 2026; largest Capital Management Corp.
Insider trading13 sales and 0 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest77,825 shares short, 2.61 days to cover at 15 October 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

Q3 FY2021Q4 FY2021 *Q1 FY2022Q2 FY2022Q3 FY2022Q4 FY2022 *Q1 FY2023Q2 FY2023 †Q3 FY2023 †Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026
Revenue47.945.843.356.849.744.145.853.350.441.945.055.448.245.946.054.049.147.552.362.7
Cost of revenue30.929.728.438.233.830.029.633.330.925.527.632.829.628.228.031.829.929.431.536.0
Gross profit17.016.115.018.515.914.116.320.019.516.417.422.618.617.817.922.119.218.120.826.7
Gross margin35%35%35%33%32%32%36%38%39%39%39%41%39%39%39%41%39%38%40%43%
SG&A14.013.013.614.615.014.114.114.815.814.314.816.315.615.515.515.816.215.219.019.9
Operating income3.03.11.44.01.0-0.02.25.23.72.12.66.42.92.32.46.43.02.91.76.8
Operating margin6%7%3%7%2%-0%5%10%7%5%6%12%6%5%5%12%6%6%3%11%
Interest expense0.20.20.30.40.70.90.90.90.80.50.50.60.60.50.40.40.50.40.50.5
Pre-tax income2.72.81.13.40.0-0.81.34.42.814.22.25.92.41.92.16.12.42.51.26.3
Tax rate23%18%22%20%-113%n/a24%22%24%21%24%24%8%8%22%22%22%24%21%20%
Net income2.02.30.82.70.1-0.61.03.42.211.21.64.52.21.71.74.81.91.91.05.1
Net margin4%5%2%5%0%-1%2%6%4%27%4%8%5%4%4%9%4%4%2%8%
Diluted EPS$0.50$0.61$0.22$0.71$0.02-$0.17$0.28$0.96$0.58$2.87$0.39$1.09$0.54$0.41$0.41$1.16$0.46$0.46$0.24$1.22
Operating cash flow2.82.2-5.50.3-2.410.57.72.911.17.2-10.26.98.96.4-3.36.37.18.2-2.213.1
Capital expenditure1.41.60.52.20.51.00.71.61.21.21.62.51.41.71.41.66.80.91.91.1
Free cash flow1.40.6-6.0-1.9-3.09.57.01.39.96.0-11.84.47.54.7-4.74.70.37.3-4.112.1
Dividends paid0.50.50.50.50.50.50.50.50.50.50.60.50.60.60.60.60.60.60.60.6
Shares outstanding4m4m4m4m4m4m4m4m4m4m4m4m4m4m4m4m4m4m4m4m
Filing10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. A quarter marked † is shown as the company last restated it in a later filing, so it compares with the quarters around it on one basis; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 16 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013 †FY2014FY2015FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue63.173.384.489.6107110125131137142164182194192194197212
Cost of revenue39.847.054.657.869.070.379.082.786.790.5104117130119118119127
Gross profit23.426.329.731.838.239.645.647.950.652.059.664.863.672.276.477.484.8
Gross margin37.0%35.9%35.3%35.5%35.6%36.0%36.6%36.7%36.9%36.5%36.3%35.6%32.8%37.7%39.3%39.4%40.1%
Research and developmentn/a0.50.60.60.70.70.80.80.70.60.3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Selling, general and administrative20.422.024.425.930.832.237.140.043.243.648.252.057.359.062.262.770.3
Operating income3.04.35.45.97.47.38.47.97.58.411.412.86.313.214.114.714.5
Operating margin4.7%5.8%6.4%6.6%6.9%6.7%6.8%6.0%5.4%5.9%7.0%7.0%3.2%6.9%7.3%7.5%6.8%
Interest expense0.30.40.40.50.50.60.91.41.91.80.90.92.43.12.11.71.8
Pre-tax income2.94.05.05.56.86.67.56.55.56.59.815.23.722.712.313.112.5
Income tax0.31.21.41.52.01.81.62.40.91.01.71.50.64.92.32.92.6
Effective tax rate11.6%30.2%29.0%27.1%29.6%27.5%22.0%37.6%16.9%15.7%17.6%10.0%17.1%21.7%18.5%22.4%21.2%
Net income2.62.83.54.04.84.85.94.14.65.58.113.73.017.810.010.29.8
Net margin4.1%3.8%4.2%4.5%4.5%4.4%4.7%3.1%3.3%3.9%4.9%7.5%1.6%9.3%5.2%5.2%4.6%
Diluted EPS$0.81$0.91$1.13$1.22$1.36$1.30$1.64$1.09$1.30$1.60$2.31$3.45$0.82$4.86$2.45$2.49$2.38
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Revenue by segment FY2024 to FY2025

Acme United runs its business by region, so its segments are regions.

FY2024FY2025Share
of the parts, latest year
United States Segment16616584.0%
Europe Segment15.116.38.3%
Canada Segment13.315.17.7%
United States SegmentEurope SegmentCanada Segment
194FY2024197FY2025

$ million; hover a block for its figure and share

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Profit by segment FY2024 to FY2025

The operating profit each segment reports. Costs Acme United does not charge to a segment are left out, so the segments can add up to more than the company's own operating profit.

FY2024FY2025Margin
FY2025
United States Segment13.213.48.1%
Europe Segment0.20.32.1%
Canada Segment0.71.06.8%
United States SegmentEurope SegmentCanada Segment
14.1FY202414.7FY2025

$ million; the figure over a bar is all the segments together. Hover a block for its profit, sales and margin.

FY2025Share of salesShare of profit
United States Segment84%91%
Europe Segment8%2%
Canada Segment8%7%

Each column adds to 100%. A segment with a bigger share of the profit than of the sales makes more on each dollar it sells.

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where every segment with sales that year has an operating profit figure. A margin is a segment's operating profit over its own sales.

Cash flow and capital returned

FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013 †FY2014FY2015FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow-1.12.1-1.36.54.61.18.94.84.514.75.75.12.928.912.018.226.1
Capital expenditure0.90.90.74.62.01.81.83.12.91.72.66.44.34.77.110.710.6
Free cash flow-2.11.1-2.01.92.6-0.77.01.71.613.03.2-1.2-1.424.24.87.615.5
Free cash flow margin-3.3%1.5%-2.3%2.1%2.4%-0.6%5.7%1.3%1.2%9.1%1.9%-0.7%-0.7%12.7%2.5%3.9%7.3%
Cash from investing-1.1-4.2-2.3-3.0-15.2-1.9-8.8-14.4-3.2-1.7-14.0-6.4-14.27.4-12.9-12.3-26.7
Cash from financing2.33.45.4-1.61.31.13.512.9-6.1-10.65.32.014.3-38.42.0-8.92.0
Depreciation and amortisationn/a1.01.11.21.72.12.42.93.23.43.84.04.65.06.16.37.2
Share-based compensation0.40.40.40.50.60.50.40.70.91.01.31.81.81.92.22.01.9
Dividends paid0.70.81.10.71.11.21.31.41.51.61.61.81.92.02.22.32.4
Dividend per sharen/a$0.26$0.28$0.31$0.34$0.37$0.40$0.43$0.45$0.48n/an/an/an/a$0.60$0.63n/a
Diluted shares, weightedn/a3m3m3m4m4m4m4m4m3m4m4m4m4m4m4m4m
Shares outstanding at period endn/an/an/an/an/an/an/a5m5mn/a3m4m4m4m4m4m4m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013 †FY2014FY2015FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity25.427.830.935.039.443.246.149.952.355.762.777.179.097.9107118121
Debt13.517.624.322.924.125.932.943.540.333.238.833.049.913.117.611.922.6
Operating lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a2.01.72.41.71.03.45.54.8
Other liabilities10.79.912.610.215.712.313.021.316.919.826.732.033.737.234.236.051.9
Total liabilities and equity49.655.267.868.179.381.492.1115109111130144164149162171201
Owned
Fixed assets2.22.52.45.96.97.48.013.714.514.020.224.026.428.031.738.539.2
Goodwilln/an/an/an/a1.41.43.94.74.74.74.84.88.28.29.99.99.9
Intangible assets1.93.34.24.112.612.014.017.917.015.818.717.220.819.020.319.533.2
Cash and equivalents6.67.99.711.62.32.45.99.34.46.84.24.86.14.86.43.65.0
Receivables12.312.916.415.619.519.620.026.025.125.527.234.232.626.228.229.138.7
Inventory22.324.530.328.233.735.537.240.141.339.350.753.663.355.556.359.964.1
Other assets4.34.24.82.63.03.23.03.02.44.74.15.87.07.59.410.510.5
Total assets49.655.267.868.179.381.492.1115109111130144164149162171201
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded6.0%3.7%0.4%9.0%
Profit growth, compounded7.8%4.7%49.7%-5.1%
Return on equity, average11.0%11.6%12.1%8.7%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was Acme United's revenue in fiscal 2025?

Acme United (ACU) reported revenue of $197 million for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 1.1% on the year before.

How much did Acme United earn in fiscal 2025?

Net income was $10 million for fiscal 2025, and diluted earnings per share $2.49.

What is Acme United's P/E ratio?

At the close of 30 October 2026, Acme United traded at 28.3 times its earnings over the twelve months to 30 June 2026.

What is Acme United's market cap?

The market cap of Acme United was $259 million at the close of 30 October 2026.

Does Acme United pay a dividend?

Yes. Acme United declared $0.63 a share in dividends over the four quarters to 30 June 2026.

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Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q30 June 20266 August 2026EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20266 May 2026EDGAR
10-K31 December 202511 March 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 September 20256 November 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20256 August 2025EDGAR
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